enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: get crafty
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My holiday decorating ideas have changed a lot since my original sketches. Funny how that works. Yesterday, I used left over felt from my banner to make simple circle strands. Just turn on your sewing machine and stitch circles one after another to form a chain. I have seen these all over blogland and oh,…
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One thing that I had to make for Saturday's pop-up shop was a sign with my shop name on it. I thought about ordering something. I thought about printing something. But the short time line and my small printer didn't really allow for either. So I decided to make a small flag banner with a…
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Better right? Here's what I realized : Before our "office" was a home office. Like the kind of place were you keep your computer and all your books. The place that you work in after you come home from your real job. Totally great. Except that this is my real job. Our home office needed…
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A huge plus of this office revamp is I am finding so much stuff. Sorting and purging and piling and boxing and going through every piece of paper I have is never-ending, but super satisfying. Part of my sorting process has been pulling aside anything label-like in red, green or neutral. (I can't source everything…
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The best part about re-arranging my office space is I am actually gaining a lot of new SPACE. Functional AND decorated? What a new concept for this little room. I brought in a vase and a little plant so far. Some weeks I'll keep real flowers, but for now, I made up a few simple…
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The first room I set up when we moved in was the office. I set it up as mostly a personal craft space, not so much as a business craft space. And as the business stuff has acculated over the past few months, I have found myself dreaming up cool ideas and storage I could…
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This idea has been in my head since September and last week I tried it out. I know it's way too early to get out holiday decorations. But it's not too early to make holiday decorations. These were inspired by the awesome woods trees that seem to be everywhere this year including West Elm. They…
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Back when moving to San Diego was still a dream, I was already making plans for hosting Thanksgiving for our immediate families. As soon as we got the official orders, I spread the word that we would love to have everyone over. Trust me, there was no need for invitations. But what's the fun of…
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The headboard is demanding a new quilt. The weather in San Diego is laughing at us : "a QUILT, you crazy woman? How about a bag of ice in front of a fan?" It's been about 90* outside this week. I'm not joking. This is fall in Southern California, apparently. But eventually we may want…
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I'm on A Beautiful Mess today sharing a autumn wreath tutorial. Check it out here!
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